July 20, 2008 Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 5
BOS 3 DET 5
@BAL 1 KCR 8
@CHW 7 TEX 1
@MIN 0 NYY 2
OAK 1 CLE 6
@SEA 2 TOR 9
@TBR 4 LAD 6
@ARI 5 WSN 15
@ATL 6 NYM 7
@CIN 5
(10) COL 11
PIT 3 FLA 3
PHI 2
(11) CHC 9
@HOU 0 MIL 7
@SFG 4 STL 9
SDP 5

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park II, Attendance: 32,269

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 2:05pm
Time of Game: 3:09

Royals

45-54

Won 2

4th, 10½ GB

Trey Hillman

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          4  1  0   1  0  0   0  2  0    8 11  0
White Sox       2  0  3   0  0  0   2  0  0    7 15  0

W: R Ramirez (1-1), L: M Thornton (4-2), S: J Soria (26)

White Sox

55-43

Lost 2

1st

Ozzie Guillen

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Teahen RF                   5   1   1   0    0   2  .248  .713   22    0   0   
M Aviles SS                   5   1   3   1    0   1  .318  .850   17    0   2   2B
D DeJesus CF                  5   1   2   3    0   0  .306  .827   18    4   0   SB,2·CS
B Butler DH                   4   1   1   0    1   1  .256  .674   20    0   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             4   0   0   0    0   1  .303  .753   13    2   3   
A Gordon 3B                   2   0   0   0    1   1  .250  .741   11    1   1   
  J Guillen PH-LF             0   1   0   0    0   0  .270  .759    2    0   1   SB,HBP
M Olivo C                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .255  .751   16   14   0   
R Gload 1B                    2   2   1   2    2   1  .269  .653   18    6   0   CS
E German LF-3B                3   1   3   2    1   0  .236  .573   17    0   0   2·2B,SB

B Bannister P                                                            0   0
  H Ramirez P                                                            0   1
  R Ramirez P                                                            0   0
  R Mahay P                                                              0   0
  J Soria P                                                              0   0
Totals                       34   8  11   8    5   8              154   27   8

BATTING

2B: E German 2 (5, off M Thornton, off J Danks); M Aviles (14, off J Danks).

HBP: J Guillen (4, by O Dotel).

TB: E German 5; M Aviles 4; D DeJesus 2; M Teahen; B Butler; R Gload.

RBI: D DeJesus 3 (54); E German 2 (11); R Gload 2 (22); M Aviles (25).

2-out RBI: E German 2; R Gload 2; M Aviles.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 6 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Aviles-M Grudzielanek-R Gload.

BASERUNNING

SB: E German (4, 3rd base off M Thornton/A Pierzynski); J Guillen (2, 2nd base off O Dotel/A Pierzynski); D DeJesus (9, 2nd base off J Danks/A Pierzynski).

CS: D DeJesus 2 (7, 2nd base by D Carrasco/A Pierzynski, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by J Danks); R Gload (4, 2nd base by J Danks/A Pierzynski).

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Cabrera SS                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .264  .674   17    5   3   
A Pierzynski C                5   0   3   0    0   0  .287  .751   19    8   2   2B
C Quentin LF                  4   1   2   0    1   0  .281  .913   13    4   0   2B,GDP
J Dye RF                      2   1   1   0    0   1  .306  .919   13    2   0   HBP
  B Anderson PR-CF            2   0   1   0    0   1  .231  .680    8    1   0   
J Thome DH                    5   1   2   1    0   3  .252  .876   17    0   0   2B
P Konerko 1B                  4   1   1   0    0   1  .217  .686   15    3   1   HBP
N Swisher CF-RF               4   2   2   3    1   2  .238  .764   23    2   0   HR
J Crede 3B                    5   1   1   3    0   3  .256  .800   23    1   0   HR
A Ramirez 2B                  4   0   2   0    0   1  .311  .790   17    1   2   

J Danks P                                                                0   1
  D Carrasco P                                                           0   0
  O Dotel P                                                              0   0
  M Thornton P                                                           0   0
  B Jenks P                                                              0   0
Totals                       40   7  15   7    2  13              165   27   9

BATTING

2B: J Thome (21, off R Ramirez); A Pierzynski (22, off R Mahay); C Quentin (17, off R Ramirez).

HR: J Crede (17, off B Bannister; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); N Swisher (13, off R Ramirez; 7th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

HBP: P Konerko (5, by B Bannister); J Dye (5, by H Ramirez).

TB: N Swisher 5; J Crede 4; A Pierzynski 4; J Thome 3; C Quentin 3; A Ramirez 2; J Dye; B Anderson; P Konerko.

GIDP: C Quentin (11).

RBI: N Swisher 3 (45); J Crede 3 (54); J Thome (53).

2-out RBI: J Crede 3; J Thome; N Swisher.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. A Pierzynski-O Cabrera; O Cabrera-A Ramirez.

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Bannister                    3     8   5   5    1   4   1   5.49   19   77-46   31· 8· 7    5· 3· 5· 0     26    -     1.11  -0.32
H Ramirez                      2.2   2   0   0    0   2   0   1.50   10   31-21   11· 4· 6    6· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.11   0.19
R Ramirez, BS (4), W (1-1)     1.1   3   2   2    0   4   1   3.06    7   25-18    7· 6· 5    0· 1· 2· 0          1-0    1.85  -0.33
R Mahay, H (16)                1     2   0   0    1   1   0   1.78    5   24-12    6· 2· 4    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    3.62   0.15
J Soria, S (26)                1     0   0   0    0   2   0   1.43    3    8-7     3· 3· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.78   0.21
Totals                         9    15   7   7    2  13   2          44  165-104  58·23·23   12· 7· 8· 0          1-0

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Danks                        4     9   6   6    2   3   0   3.03   21   77-49   26· 8·15    3· 6· 7· 0     21    -     1.16  -0.38
D Carrasco                     3     1   0   0    2   3   0   1.00   10   34-19    8· 6· 5    2· 2· 1· 0          0-0    1.02   0.17
O Dotel, H (13)                0.2   0   1   1    0   1   0   3.07    3   12-6     2· 3· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.40   0.04
M Thornton, BS (3), L (4-2)    0.1   1   1   1    1   0   0   2.52    3   10-6     3· 2· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          1-1    2.47  -0.47
B Jenks                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.89    3   14-9     5· 1· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.57   0.04
Totals                         9    11   8   8    5   8   0          40  147-89   44·20·25    8·10· 8· 0          1-1

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: J Danks (6; D DeJesus, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: H Ramirez (2; J Dye); B Bannister (3; P Konerko); O Dotel (4; J Guillen).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Andy Fletcher.

Time of Game: 3:09.

Attendance: 32,269.

Weather: 79° F, Wind 6mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Chicago White Sox                    
1. M Teahen             RF    1. O Cabrera            SS 
2. M Aviles             SS    2. A Pierzynski         C  
3. D DeJesus            CF    3. C Quentin            LF 
4. B Butler             DH    4. J Dye                RF 
5. M Grudzielanek       2B    5. J Thome              DH 
6. A Gordon             3B    6. P Konerko            1B 
7. M Olivo              C     7. N Swisher            CF 
8. R Gload              1B    8. J Crede              3B 
9. E German             LF    9. A Ramirez            2B 

   B Bannister          P        J Danks              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   2  7-6  12-  2   48%  72% E German        M Thornton      Double to LF (Ground Ball); Guillen Scores; Gload Scores
   b 7   1  6-5  -2-  3  -36%  23% N Swisher       R Ramirez       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Thome Scores
   b 3   2  5-2  1-3  8  -27%  49% J Crede         B Bannister     Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Konerko Scores; Swisher Scores
   b 8   2  8-7  1-3  5   14%  83% J Thome         R Mahay         Strikeout Swinging
   b 7   0  6-5  ---  1  -13%  50% J Thome         R Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, John Danks facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   53%  M Teahen        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   63%  M Aviles        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Teahen to 3B
   RR     -23  2   71%  D DeJesus       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Teahen Scores; Aviles Scores
          1--      73%  B Butler        DeJesus Steals 2B
          -2-  2   78%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive); DeJesus to 3B
   O      1-3  3   73%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          1-3  5   75%  A Gordon        Walk; Butler to 2B
   O      123  5   70%  M Olivo         Strikeout Swinging
   RR     123  4   82%  R Gload         Single to CF (Line Drive); DeJesus Scores; Butler Scores; Gordon to 3B
   O      1-3  1   80%  E German        Gload Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Brian Bannister facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   82%  O Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   83%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   82%  C Quentin       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--  3   80%  J Dye           Single to CF (Line Drive); Quentin to 2B
   R      12-  2   73%  J Thome         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Quentin Scores; Dye to 3B
          1-3  3   70%  P Konerko       Hit By Pitch; Thome to 2B
   R      123  4   62%  N Swisher       Walk; Dye Scores; Thome to 3B; Konerko to 2B
   O      123  5   69%  J Crede         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-2, John Danks facing 9-1-2
          ---  6   74%  E German        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  7   71%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  5   75%  M Aviles        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak 2B); German to 3B
   RO     1-3  4   76%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; German Scores
   O      1--      74%  B Butler        DeJesus Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Behind 2-5, Brian Bannister facing 9-1-2
          ---  7   71%  A Ramirez       Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   74%  O Cabrera       Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      1--  3   76%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 2B-1B; Ramirez to 2B
   O      -2-  1   79%  C Quentin       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 5-2, John Danks facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   78%  B Butler        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   77%  M Grudzielanek  Lineout: RF (Short RF)
   O      ---  4   76%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Behind 2-5, Brian Bannister facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   78%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   80%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   79%  P Konerko       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  6   76%  N Swisher       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Konerko to 3B
   RRR    1-3  8   49%  J Crede         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Konerko Scores; Swisher Scores
          ---  3   47%  A Ramirez       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  2   50%  O Cabrera       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 5.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Tied 5-5, John Danks facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   47%  M Olivo         Flyball: LF
          ---  5   50%  R Gload         Walk
          1--  4   54%  E German        Single to CF (Line Drive); Gload to 2B
   O      12-  3   49%  M Teahen        Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
   R      12-  4   61%  M Aviles        Single to CF (Line Drive); Gload Scores; German to 2B
   O      12-  1   57%  D DeJesus       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Horacio Ramirez facing 2-3-4
                  Horacio Ramirez replaces Brian Bannister pitching
          ---  2   52%  A Pierzynski    Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   OO     1--  3   62%  C Quentin       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  4   60%  J Dye           Hit By Pitch
                  Brian N. Anderson pinch runs for Jermaine Dye batting 4th
   O      1--  5   64%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-5, D.J. Carrasco facing 4-5-6
                  D.J. Carrasco replaces John Danks pitching; Brian N. Anderson moves to CF; Nick Swisher moves to RF
          ---  4   67%  B Butler        Walk
   O      1--  3   66%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 2B-1B; Butler to 2B
   OO     -2-  2   58%  A Gordon        Line Drive Double Play: SS (SS-2B); Butler out at 2B/SS-2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Horacio Ramirez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   62%  P Konerko       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   64%  N Swisher       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   66%  J Crede         Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-5, D.J. Carrasco facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   63%  M Olivo         Flyball: LF (LF Line)
   O      ---  4   61%  R Gload         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   63%  E German        Walk
   O      1--  4   60%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Horacio Ramirez facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   64%  A Ramirez       Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  2   67%  O Cabrera       Groundout: P-1B
          ---  2   65%  A Pierzynski    Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
                  Ramon Ramirez replaces Horacio Ramirez pitching
          1--  3   58%  C Quentin       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Pierzynski to 3B
   O      -23  4   69%  B Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-5, D.J. Carrasco facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   66%  M Aviles        Flyball: RF
          ---  5   69%  D DeJesus       Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  5   63%  B Butler        Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, DeJesus Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Ramon Ramirez facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   50%  J Thome         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  6   59%  P Konerko       Strikeout Swinging
   RR     -2-  3   23%  N Swisher       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Thome Scores
   O      ---  4   25%  J Crede         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   26%  A Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 7.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-7, Octavio Dotel facing 5-6-7
                  Octavio Dotel replaces D.J. Carrasco pitching
   O      ---  5   20%  M Grudzielanek  Strikeout Swinging
                  Jose Guillen pinch hits for Alex Gordon batting 6th
          ---  2   26%  J Guillen       Hit By Pitch
          1--      30%  M Olivo         Guillen Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   22%  " "             Popfly: 3B
                  Matt Thornton replaces Octavio Dotel pitching
          -2-  5   24%  R Gload         Walk
   RR     12-  2   72%  E German        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Guillen Scores; Gload Scores
          -2-      73%  M Teahen        German Steals 3B
   O      --3  3   68%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Behind 7-8, Ron Mahay facing 1-2-3
                  Ron Mahay replaces Ramon Ramirez pitching; Esteban German moves to 3B; Jose Guillen moves to LF
   O      ---  6   75%  O Cabrera       Lineout: CF
          ---  5   63%  A Pierzynski    Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          -2-  4   59%  C Quentin       Walk
   O      12-  4   69%  B Anderson      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Pierzynski out at Hm/LF-C; Quentin to 3B
   O      1-3  5   83%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 7.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-7, Bobby Jenks facing 2-3-4
                  Bobby Jenks replaces Matt Thornton pitching
   O      ---  4   81%  M Aviles        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   80%  D DeJesus       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   79%  B Butler        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Behind 7-8, Joakim Soria facing 6-7-8
                  Joakim Soria replaces Ron Mahay pitching
   O      ---  1   88%  P Konerko       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   95%  N Swisher       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  J Crede         Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 7.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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